{
  "id": 8251323,
  "title": "Fat Bear Week has returned – and the salmon are swimming for their lives",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/fat-bear-week-has-returned-and-the-salmon-are-swimming-for-their-lives",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-18T13:00:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/18/fat-bear-week-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The public will for the 12th year in a row vote for the fattest of brown bears in Alaska’s Katmai national park The bears have returned to the river and are packing on the pounds as another Fat Bear Week begins at Katmai national park. The 12th annual Fat Bear Week, in which the public will vote for the fattest of Katmai’s brown bears as mothers, cubs and males gather along the salmon-run at…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}